MADNESS!
A recurring series of audio WTFs and head-twitching, spine-tingling experimental or chaotic fun (k-k+st)icks.

Eric Copeland

Does it sound like Black Dice? It sure does. That’s because it is Black Dice — or, at least, it’s a core member of Black Dice gone solo without sacrificing the madness. Eric Copeland’s album single for Limbo, “Louie, Louie, Louie” is like a more restrained but just as chaotic and visually-evocative counterpart to any Black Dice Song, and the album cover alone speaks volumes about the tendecy of this music. It’s a burst of pattern, certainly not lacking in energy and intricacy, but lacking a wee bit o’ color (I’m still comparing it to Black Dice, though, not to Coldplay). Limbo comes out June 5th on Underwater Peoples. Tracklisting for Limbo below, where you can also stream the entirety of his previous album, Waco Taco Combo!

Black Dice

Today’s a big day for Black Dice; their new video for “Rodriguez” has just dropped, their national tour kicks off today, and they have announced a limited 7″ for “Rodriguez” and the b-side “Pissed In A Cave.” Art by band member Bjorn Copeland, and it will be available on tour! As with their last video for “Pigs,” which you can see HERE, this isa colorful, barfy collage of images. Once again, a summary courtesy of YouTube’s comedians:

“I feel like this is what it would be like to drink Powerthirst and﻿ then get high…” – soyraison
vs.
“Having done that I﻿ can say that this is slightly more intense.” – LokiGuitar
&“240p all the﻿ way” – fuckmaster1997
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“1080p, thank heavens. thank you﻿” – PerryNoydicus

Blues Control

Blues Control have recently signed to Drag City and will be releasing Valley Tangents on June 19th. The album title Valley Tangents kinda sums it up. Prog-psych all-over-the-place-ness meandering up and down valleys of different genre types, sometimes like a bad ’80s TV show theme, sometimes like a sci-fi movie paired with elevator music. Anything, whatever, where? It’s cool. Don’t worry about it.

Additionally, they have recently done a operatic and ambient RVNG INTL. FRKWYS segment with multi-instrumentalist Laraaji. Two tracks, “Freeflow” and “Awakening Day”, are embedded below, and you can listen to the five-track record in its entirety and purchase it HERE.

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Vivian Hua (華婷婷) wears a lot of random hats, but has somewhat mastered globetrotting like a hobo and evading traditional 9-to-5 work schedules. She enjoys observing human idiosyncrasies perhaps more than anything and is a magnet for homeless people (a joy) and bug bites of all types (absolutely terrible). Through her work, she hopes to embrace the temporary while documenting the nostalgic, using divination and dream symbolism as guides through the cosmic maze. Additional writing, art, video, and other crap, like her astrological chart, can be seen at www.inallthings-patterns.net. She is the Editor-in-Chief of REDEFINE magazine, and quite appreciates unsolicited personal e-mails just to shoot the shit and narrow the gaps between human beings.